The ''U.S. Catholic Historian'' is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal published by

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. It is devoted exclusively to the history of the Catholic Church in the United States. Each issue contains articles on a theme selected by the editor and the journal's editorial board.

History

The first issue was published in the fall of 1980. At its founding, the ''U.S. Catholic Historian'' was the official publication of the United States Catholic Historical Society (now inactive). Beginning in 1984, each issue of ''U.S. Catholic Historian'' was dedicated to a particular theme. Themes have included urbanism, gender, anti-Catholicism, modernism, black Catholics, Hispanic heritage, and social activism, among many others. In noting the journal's distinctive approach, historian James T. Fisher wrote, “ e journal has presented diverse voices, topics, and approaches as a fundamental organizing principle….USCH quickly grew from a modest format to an indispensable outlet for new scholarship that defined an emerging field and gave its scholars ‘a journal of one’s own.’”James T. Fisher, “Christopher Kauffman, the U.S. Catholic Historian, and the Future of American Catholic History,” ''U.S. Catholic Historian'' 24, no. 2 (Spring 2006): 19-26; quote at 20. Contributors include specialists in the field of American Catholic history, but also journalists, archivists, theologians, and sociologists. Notable contributors have included Andrew Greeley,

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, Robert A. Orsi, Bishop Ricardo Ramírez, Bishop John S. Cummins, Mark A. Noll, Albert J. Raboteau, and M. Shawn Copeland.

Publishers

The ''U.S. Catholic Historian'' is published by

. It was previously published by Our Sunday Visitor Press (1993-2000) and

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(2001-2006).

Editors

The ''U.S. Catholic Historians founding editor was James J. Mahoney. He was succeeded in 1983 b
Christopher J. Kauffman
who edited the journal until 2013.George P. Matysek Jr., “Christopher Kauffman, prolific church historian, dies at 81,” ''Catholic Review'', March 2, 2018, https://catholicreview.org/christopher-kauffman-prolific-church-historian-dies-81/. The current editor is David J. Endres.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is published in print form, but also forms part of electronic collections, including Project MUSE,

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, and EBSCO Humanities Abstracts.

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